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Although this song was written by me about one of my most loved places in the world, I heard Nat sing it when we were figuring out how to present it, and I just had to have her stick with the lead vocals as she sings it so beautifully, even though she has never set foot in the great Mountain State (now she wants to!). So we just changed "she" to "he" and it all fell into place. It tells the story of someone who has watched a lover leave and seeks solace in the Wonderful and Wild of West Virginia. The state became a bit of a passion for me since I first visited our friends in Keyser when I was still a boy. And it still represents a place of reflection and spirit to me. A place where one can find themselves and answer the deeper questions perhaps. And that's what happens in this song. It celebrates the wonders of this beautiful place even while it describes the complicated challenges of this world. This is dedicated to the entire Campbell family, without whom I'd not know the beauty I've tried to capture in this simple song. I especially want to recognize Margaret & Richard as the head of that Campbell clan, bless them both in heaven. As long as there are mountains and rivers in West Virginia, their memory will live large.
(lyrics below)

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records.
Produced, Written & Performed by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Pedal Steel - Dakota Holden  
https://www.fiverr.com/dakotaholden/play-pedal-steel-on-your-song
Craig Durgy: Vocals, Guitar & Mandolin
Nat Daniels: Vocals, bass and production
Dakota Holden: Pedal Steel
See Our video! :  https://youtu.be/-FVLtkalVlA

Lyrics;
Hey, West Virginia, I’m crossing your state line
It’s me again, hello old friend, it’s been a long, long time
Four windows open, to feel your mountain air
To breathe you in, rememberin’, the child in me out there
You see I need your wisdom, your reassuring smile
I just want to listen, to the wonderful and wild
I know he’s leaving, I just came to tell you so
These backroads lead me back to me
To watch your Greenbrier flow
Yeah, he’s moving on now, you knew long ago
It’s what I do, so much like you, 
They come, they love, they go
You see I need your wisdom, your reassuring smile
I just want to listen, to the wonderful and wild
He loved my stories, and sunshine, wind and rain 
But like before, he’s found the door, and here I am again
Hey West Virginia, the tall grass crickets call 
The stars appear, much closer here
You catch ‘em when they fall
You always catch me when, I fall
You always catch me when,
You always catch me when, I fall

Back To West Virginia

West Virginia

Words & Music: Pravinand Maharaj

You wear your winter coat of pure cashmere wool
I'm in the valley low, you're up on the hill
An icy light is tracing steps to my door
Don't know how much more of this I can endure

We live to fight to die for something you believe
And when it's over you'll give a victory speech
But I'm no martyr I'll not go gently into the night
My blood may dry but I wont give up the fight

* And you can beat me to submission in these cold, cold hours
Make for me decisions from your ivory towers
But don't you know for everyone there comes a time
Out there lies tomorrow waiting across the line

They say the heart of man is wicked above all things
And sometimes heaven is a place for peasant dreams
You've forgotten what is mine and yours and God's
You want it all you say no matter what the cost

But I am everywhere since Abel I've been killed
And you are many like Legion always will
You make and break, mend and bend every rule
But for my children's sake I never was your tool

*

Across The Line

This terrific song is the work of our friend Steve Low who granted us permission to attempt a cover. As much as we love Steve's original, we saw no point in trying to do it the same as he so wonderfully did, so we thought it would be fun to go country, perhaps a bit bluegrass and we're very excited to share it here. The song has some terrific lyrics that describe the longing one experiences when the one they love is gone. We thank Steve for allowing us the privilege and we also are pleased to again feature the amazing banjo work of Hamilton Belk.

Music and lyrics by Steve Low
Performed by Daniels & Durgy
Nat Daniels - piano, percussion, vocals, bass
Craig Durgy - guitar, vocals
Hamilton Belk - banjo

Lyrics (by Steve Low):
You yes you’re living in a cage
You’re bouncing off the bars
But it’s my ribs and tissue that’s inflammed
Yes it’s I who’s watching for your car
My roots are deep here in the west
Invested here I have to stay
But you got gypsy in your blood
Your fiddles playing the sounds of Spain
And so I’m watching yes I’m watching
All the headlights - all the headlights
Oh I’m watching yes I’m watching 
All the headlights - all the headlights
Coming up over the hill - hoping that one of them is you

Though you’ve had a travelling circus life
You been courting stability
And I’ve been prostrate at your feet
I been licking your toes to sleep
And though you bathe in pleasures warm
I sense our wine is running dry
I know as you commute each morn
You’re not the type to say goodbye
And so I’m watching . . . you

This evening’s sky is coal dust cloud
You’re late and I’m a clairvoyant
This house empty of all sound 
This house is empty
This house is empty

All The Headlights

Many thanks to Glen for his work on this collaboration
Vocal by Tony Harris
Music Production and Mix by Glenny G's "One Man Band"
Lyrics by Hank Williams Sr. 1951

SAY HEY GOOD LOOKIN'	
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'	
HOW'S ABOUT COOKIN'	
SOMETHIN' UP WITH ME	
	
HEY SWEET BABY	
DON'TCHA THINK MAYBE	
WE CAN FIND US	
A BRAND NEW RECIPE	
	
I GOT A HOT ROD FORD	
AND A TWO DOLLAR BILL	
AND I KNOW A SPOT	
RIGHT OVER THE HILL	
	
THERE'S SODA POP AND	
THE DANCIN'S FREE	
SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN	
COME ALONG WITH ME, SAY	
	
HEY GOOD LOOKIN'	
WHAT'CH GOT COOKIN'	
HOW'S ABOUT COOKIN'	
SOMETHIN' UP WITH ME	
	
MUSIC BREAK	
	
I'M FREE AND READY	
SO WE CAN GO STEADY	
HOW'S ABOUT SAVIN'	
ALL YOUR TIME FOR ME	
	
NO MORE LOOKIN'	
I KNOW I BEEN COOKIN'	
HOW'S ABOUT KEEPIN'	
STEADY COMPANY	
	
I'M GONNA THROW MY DATE BOOK	
OVER THE FENCE	
AND BUY ONE	
FOR FIVE OR TEN CENTS	
	
I'LL KEEP IT TILL	
IT'S COVERED WITH AGE	
COS I'M WRITIN' YOUR NAME	
DOWN IN EVERY PAGE, SAY	
	
HEY GOOD LOOKIN	
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'	
HOW'S ABOUT COOKIN'	
SOMETHING UP WITH ME

Hey Good Lookin' (Cover) Vocal by Tony - Music/Mix by Glenny G's "One Man Band"

Pick It Up ©
Music Creation/Production - Bravei
Lyrics, Vocals - Riff Beach
Big Beat Beach Records -2021
We’re Heading on Up
But, We Keep…. 
Falling Down
Gotta’ pick ourselves Up
From the cold, hard Ground
Our knees are scuffed
Our Bones are sore
Our minds confused
All those Lies…..
And so much more
Don’t give me excuses
Don’t you criticize
One day you’ll wake up
And You’ll realize
So, Pick It Up
Don’t Put ‘Em Down
Your Time is Up
Don’t Look Around
Don’t You Look Around
(Repeat Verses)
Pick It Up ©
Criação / Produção Musical - Bravei
Letras, vocais - Riff Beach
Brave Beach Records -2021
Estamos subindo
Mas, nós mantemos….
Caindo
Temos que nos levantar
Do solo frio e duro
Nossos joelhos estão arranhados
Nossos ossos estão doloridos
Nossas mentes confusas
Todas aquelas mentiras… ..
E muito mais
Não me dê desculpas
Não critique
Um dia você vai acordar
E você vai perceber
Então, pegue
Não os abaixe
Seu tempo acabou
Não olhe em volta
Você não olha em volta
(Repetir versos)

Sunny Beaches

Pick It Up ©

Pick It Up © - Big Beat Beach Music

WEEPING IN THE VALLEY			
Songwriting, Lyrics - Tony Harris			
Song Project in Collaboration with Brave Beach			
Music Creation & Production - Bravei			
Vocals - Riff Beach			
			
WEEPING IN THE VALLEY			
NOWHERE TO TURN			
WEEPING IN THE VALLEY			
NOWHERE TO RUN			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
COVID HAS CARVED			
A DEADLY PATH			
LIKE A MAD PSYCOPATH			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
THE DEADLY VIRUS			
LAYED PEOPLE DOWN			
IN THE COLD...COLD GROUND			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
WORRIED ABOUT FAMILY			
FEELING FORGOTTEN,			
SICK AND DOWNTRODDEN			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
NOT ABLE TO SEE FAMILY			
FACE TIME WAS NOT 			
THE SAME AS REAL TIME			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
SOME WERE PRAYING			
SOME  LOST ALL HOPE			
MANY ARE STILL CRYING			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
GOOD THINGS CAN HAPPEN			
SPRINGS OF BLESSINGS			
CAN STILL FLOW IN THE VALLEY			
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
DON'T FEEL DOWN AND ALONE			
JUST CALL OUT HIS NAME			
THE ONE WHO OWNS THE CROWN AND THRONE
DOWN IN THE VALLEY			
			
2021 © Lyrics by Tony Harris

Weeping In The Valley - Collaboration by Tony, Riff & Bravei - Original

Ethiopia  
Words & music: Pravinand Maharaj (Johnny Minstrel)

Your fear has overcome you
And faith is just a matter of doing what you really doubt
Your strength has slowly left you
And everything you lost are the only things you cared about

Your dreams in shattered jars of clay now
Scattered all across the world and everybody knows
You scream through another day now
But all you hear are echoes of yourself the valley throws

Chorus
So far you couldn’t remember Eden
So down the road you don’t know who you are
So close to the post of the one left scourged and bleeding
On the desert road back to Ethiopia

The light is slowly fading
Edges of the darkness are creeping on your soul
Your queen back home is waiting
Waiting for the gift that can’t be bought or sold

Chorus
A sound and your heart it freezes
Till a voice tells you be not afraid
Just be strong
There’s a man and he’s sent by Jesus
As your fears disappear
You ask him what took so long

Chorus




Ethiopia

Written by Paul McCartney and released near the end of the band’s existence on the Let It Be album in 1970, something made Craig try it out for our own style. It was a live home recording and we liked it. Nat then took it and added her magic harmonies and piano to pretty it up so nicely. Made it a very much more straight forward country folk sound with the accent on the lovely lyrics.
Gentle Rain Records

Deja Views

Long and Winding Road

Long and Winding Road (live cover)

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2021
Gentle Rain Records
From Durge and Myself...  THANK YOU for listening to our Songs, and sharing our Truths!  Have a Safe, and Blessed New Year!!  

Seafaring Wanderer 
Produced, Written & Performed by Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

Starlight star bright 
I wished upon a city light
That the Western Winds will lead me to you
Like a long desert road with no detours or turns one can miss…
Ending in arms wide open
That greets me for certain.. with a kiss.

Oh that sun sets low 
And time waits suspended,
Mesmerising me, like the warmth of your smile
And though I’ve seen it all, the seafaring wanderer
Has found nothing new …
All this time I was searching for meaning
I found it in you.


Starlight star bright 
The bourbon made this night all right..
But the city streets, holds empty and cold
Every neon sign flickers a heart beat the beckons 
“Come on home”..
Every newspaper flutter, is like Angels that Mutter.. 
“Call his phone..” 

Oh this road I’m on has one destination,
Every star I choose just leads me to you…
Yes I’ve seen it all, like a seafaring wanderer
But one thing held true!
All this time I was searching for meaning 
I found it in you..

Seafaring Wanderer

Such a great artist and singer/songwriter.  Real and down to earth
songs that are so relatable.  One of country's greatest.  I love Merle
Haggard and I love this tune.  My thanks to my friend, Lefty Mike,
for his vocals,harp,bass and helping with the recording.  Mike is a 
talented singer/songwriter with great songs on SC.  It would be
a treat to visit his SC page.

The Way I Am  (cover by Chuck Aaron and Left Mike)

This is my newest song - written in the last 2 weeks (Feb 2022). The most important Love in the world is self love. In the darkest of times having an internal dialogue was crucial.  This is quite literally me having a conversation with myself.  Everything is temporary and it too shall pass..

Conversations With Myself (Demo 2022)

A'BECKETT STREET
Written, Performed, Produced & Mastered
by Andrew Borderick Copyright 2022 AB Music
https://youtu.be/6CvNYcb_pao

JAMMING LOUD AT A'BECKETT STREET
106 A'BECKETT STREET
LOCK THE DOOR KEEP THE COLD OUTSIDE
TAKING OFF ON A REAL COOL RIDE

JAMMING LOUD AT A'BECKETT STREET
THE CITY'S DEAD BUT NOT A'BECKETT STREET
WE'RE PLAYING HARD ON A REAL COOL LINE
TAKING OFF ON A REAL COOL RIDE

HANGING OUT AT A'BECKETT STREET
106 A'BECKETT STREET
FORTY'S FOOD TASTE JUST REAL COOL
I'LL HAVE A HAMBERGER AND A CUP OF CHIPS TOO

A'BECKETT STREET

A'BECKETT STREET (see info for video link)

This is not a song about Marilyn Monroe.
It’s about a fiery relationship they came to an end between two people in which she screams in a melt down  and quotes a famous line from Marilyn Monroe.

If you can’t handle me at my worst then you don’t deserve me at my best !

Marilyn’s Quote ~ Conscience of Kings with Jeff Roberts

Song by Tony Harrell. This version recorded at Buck's Place studio.

High School Reunion

Some ideas about Clarity of Intent and word Fun.

It's not how i would choose to live, the love you took from me was not mine to give
I suppose you think you know the truth.
Extrapolation and the lack Thereof, Precursor to the gods above.
and the failure to correlate within the present circumstance the results of actions taken in the past.
This never ceases to amaze and complicate the connecting of the dots
in the purple Haze.
While intellect is Boiling off like steam, A stream of single thoughts that joins the clouds around their heads
Walking in the desert late at night
far from their Bed
on a quest.
though perception of the consequence is not precise
Some scenarios can at least be precieved 
and in doing so, can mitigate the original intention.
Is the fairy dust curated by the prisoner in the Mortal Coil?


Life's a Joke 
and if you're not laughing
well, the jokes on you
sometimes it Happens
cosmic comedy
 won't you set me free
i just want to go Ramblin around, just want to go ramblin around

Prisoner of the Fairy Dust.

This original pop ballad relates two people who have been separated and unable to be together for too long. When they are finally reunited it seems too good to be true. There is a tension, trepidation in how to reengage and to open up the deep affection they have for one another. The ukulele drives this one from the start as it brings some old school crooning with the two voices that celebrate this uplifting love song.

Copyright 2022 Daniels & Durgy * Gentle Rain Records 
Written, Performed and Produced by: Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy
Partial Loops - Big Fish Audio - Fully Licensed, 
except for Piano, Bass & Glockenspiel - Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy 

Lyrics:
Please, tell me what to do
I just cannot believe 
I’m standing here with you
You're really here with me

And oh, we held off for so long
So fine, the line between right and wrong
And now you fill the air I breathe
Your eyes seem too much to conceive
And I’m just standing here in awe
Tell me should I close the door

And hold you in my arms
Just Like I used to dream
Tear those bridges down
So you might never leave

Now, the face I know so well
The cloud is lifted I can tell
Your smile can finally be revealed
Now we know our love is real
As I close the door behind
Your lips come close to mine

Oh just kiss me till I go
With love I need to know
This time is ours alone
Tomorrow is long gone

Please, tell me what to do
As I’m standing here with you
I just cannot believe 
You're really here with me

Tell me what to do
Please, tell me what to do
I’m so in love with you
Please, tell me what to do

Tell Me What To Do

Francois Pierre live recording and TRAXTER beat and mastering :Guitar Live Rec 2022 03 26 IMPRO

F P Guitar Live Rec & TRAXTER

A Demon Cube Disguissed as Butter

A Demon Cube Disguised As Butter

New EP (final track)

amandasanderson.bandcamp.com/album/mcmlxx

Music, lyrics, mixing, production: Verulium
Vocals: Amanda

Lyrics:

I’m a veteran  of the psychic war
Never before have I been so happy on the sidelines
Far away
I’ve found a place to stay
I’ve found a place to stay

And when I look back now
There is no cure
For the cruel existence we endured
We endured

I’m a veteran of the psychic war
Never before have I been so happy on the sidelines
Far away
I’ve found a place that I can stay
On Neptune 17
Hiding from the all seeing machine
It tracks you, it drags you down
I’m lost, can I be found?
I’m lost, I don’t want to be found

And when I look back now
There is no cure
For the cruel existence we endured
We endured

And now times have changed
This space machine will help me make it to the end
To the end

I’m a veteran of the psychic war
Never before have I been so happy on the sidelines
Far away
I’ve found a place that I can stay
On Neptune 17
Hiding from the all seeing machine
It tracks you, it drags you down
I’m lost, can I be found?
I’m lost, I don’t want to be found

MCMLXX

Psychic War

Written by: Hoyt Axton, Kenneth Elvin JR. Higginbotham
Produced by: Josh McAlexander

Evangelina

All Original music, performance, vocals, instruments, and production by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Records-3B Productions. Martin GPC-11E, Hohner Rocket Harmonica, Warm 47 Jr mic, Volt 476, Logic Pro X. 
Flower Girl  ©
Riff Beach - RiffWerx 2022
The flower that she was way back when
Grew into the woman she is today
I loved her from afar, Lord
Then, she offered me…….
a warm place to stay
We never looked back 
Our Love, it’s found a way
Time has been most kind
And, it’s brought us here today
I wish the days could be longer
And…..the feeling’s growing stronger
As we move along our way
For the Flower that she was
Is the woman
She is today
The time left in our Lives, Lord
Falling more and more in love 
Each and every day
Falling more and more in love
Each and Every Day

Sunny Beaches All Around

Flower Girl ©

Flower Girl  ©

Colab with the awesome Roger /B-Train . Roger is playing the very kool wah guitar.All smiles here Brudda !!!

Rogers B train/Colab

Our 4th Song for our upcoming debut album! Just following the stars!

Lyrics:

Where are we going?
Suitcase in hand
There ain't no destiny
No promised land
And it just breaks your heart
To leave it all behind

What is the way from here
Suitcase in hand
Just what you leave it all for
No one understands
And it just breaks your heart
Not knowing what you'll find

I rest my mind 
Just following the stars
I pledged my life
To the mercy of the gods

The words you gave to me
Is all I have
But you can have faith in me
I will be brave
And it just makes you wonder
Where do we belong?

I rest my mind 
Just looking the stars
I pledged my life
To the mercy of the gods

I rest my mind 
Just trusting in the stars
I pledged my life
To the mercy of the gods

The words you gave to me
Is all I have
But you can have faith in me
I will be brave
And it just makes you wonder
Where do we belong?

Where are we going
Suitcase in hand
We follow ancient tales of
The promised land

And there's just no choice
You gotta move along

The Journey

Antiquities in Tupelo ©
2019 LYRICS BY Tony Harris (BMI)
(with some tweaks by Riff)
Music/Vocal/Mix by Riff Beach
The cover art is the Painting hanging in the Shop 

Walking into an Antique Store
On a cold Winter's day
I noticed a painting…...
That I hadn't seen before
With a Guitar in the Center
Well, my mind, it went back in time
To when Elvis lived here
Such a fine picture
Strollin' through the shop
Well, he was on my mind
Yeah, Tupelo….
That's where he learned to play
On an old flat top
(Chorus)
We were Antiquin' in Tupelo
What a fun thing to do
Antiquin' in Tupelo
On a cold Winter's day
Let your mind relax….and float away
Down in Tupelo
On a cold Winter's day
And you know, all his Daddy could afford
Was a two-room house
But, it kept him from being bored….
Playing music over in East Tupelo
This 'Ol Southern town
Why, it just has music in it's soul
You can feel it in the air - everywhere
As you drive around
In Tupelo…..
We were Antiquin' in Tupelo
What a fun thing to do
Just Antiquin' in Tupelo
On a cold Winter's day

Antiquities In Tupelo - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Featuring Riff Beach - Original

Ever wish you were somewhere else.  I know I'am not the only one who, at times,has to sit and listen while be chewed on.  Let your mind take you away.  John Prine- Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame.  He won his first Grammy in 1991 and at age 70 he was named Artist of the Year by the Americana Music Association.  His songs have been recorded by the likes of Johnny Cash, Bettte Midler, Bonnie Raitt, George Strait and many others.  His new album , The Tree of Forgiveness is receiving so much acclaim.  Love this man

The Other Side Of Town( Cover-- John Prine)

The Next Right Thing (2011  Demo) by Beth Williams
Songwriter - Stephen Paul Wallace
YOU TUBE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/_RmH589RPgQ
Vocals - Beth Williams    Piano, Rhythm Guitar - Beth Williams

"I am deeply moved to hear Beth Williams perform a song I've written. She breaths life into the song by giving it her own personal touch and all the heart and soul you can imagine. This beautiful and moving rendition of THE NEXT RIGHT THING will bring a tear to your eye." Stephen Paul Wallace

WALLACE & WILLIAMS Rendition: https://youtu.be/gYWVCu5eN8s

Stephens version recorded 2013 KRFC's Live @ Lunch: 
https://youtu.be/_n1TYmS9W8o

https://www.facebook.com/stephenpaulwallacemusic/

The Next Right Thing by Beth Williams

Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2020
Gentle Rain Records
Written, Performed and Produced by Daniels & Durgy

Lyrics:

Unveiling of the night
Leaves a misty moon 
In the morning light
Driving in my car 
I know what’s up ahead
And seeking what’s behind

Floating down I’m lost within this feeling
As your sweet sweet words own all meaning
I’m in trouble....

Chorus
Chances are... you’ll stare at the same moon
Chances are... you’re needing my love too 
I can see your lights are on,
As I’m passing on your line
Chances are... I’ll give in one more time
Chances are......Chances are....

Memories rewind like a broken film
Taking me through time
Wish I had a dime for every time I said
I’m leaving it behind

It’s no use, I’m locked within this feeling
‘Cause your sweet sweet words ...
Owns all meaning ...  I’m in trouble..

Chorus
Chances are...my phone will play a tune
Chances are... you’ll sway me like you do
It’s a game the fates keep playing 
And It’s playing you and I
Chances are... 
the road will lead me to your arms tonight ..  
Chances are...   
Chances are...   
Chances are.

Chances

Chances Are

Written by Josh McAlexander
Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Mandolin: Josh McAlexander
Old song new arrangement

cumberland coal

Cumberland Coal (Original)

Two song writers, two kindred spirits... that found each other by pure happenstance and great fortune, to collaborate and create music together.
To see our separate artist pages, please click on the following links:
Nat Daniels   https://soundcloud.com/natdaniels
Craig Durgy  https://soundcloud.com/durge